Jing-Mei is a character from the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. The story follows a Chinese mother and daughter (Jing-Mei) living in America. Throughout the story, Jing-Mei and her mother struggle with one another, her mother wanting her to be a child prodigy and her constant fighting against becoming one. Knowing that Jing-Mei does not want to be a prodigy gives us great insight into who she is as a character. Wanting to just be herself, fighting against her mother, and purposefully turning her performance into a fiasco shows how confident, stubborn, and troublesome she is. Every person wants to be confident and able to stand up for themselves. Jing-Mei is not an exception. She is always telling her mother that she does not want to
